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obfcrvation. Soeh "'as fOlllhfaying, as depending up.

on human art and invention, whieh however was fop.

pofed not tO be altogelher deOitUle of divine direélion

~nd

eoncurrence, and foeh was divination by lots. Of

this fort there were varioos kinds, as by f" riGcc!, en·

trails, flame, cakes, fioor, wine, water, augor)', birds,

10lS, rerfes, omens,

6c.

DIVINE, fomelhing relating tOGod.

DIVING, the art of defeending onder waler, to

con~de·

rabIe deplhs, and abiding there a eompelent time; the

ufes of which are

eoo~derable,

particolarly in fifhing for

pm(s, eorals.. fponges, wrecks of fhips,

&c.

See

PNEU'UT ICI .

DIVINITY, properly figniGes the oature, qualily, and

e/fenee of God.

DIYINITY is alfo ufed in the fame feofe with theo·

logy.

DIVISIBILITY, Iha: plopeny by whieh the partides

of maller in all bodies are eapable of feparatioR or

oifunion from eaeh other. See MECHAN les.

DIVISION, in general, is the feparating a thing into

two or more pam.

DIVISI ON, in arilhmetic. See Vol.

p. 376.

DIVI SION, in algebra. See Vol.!. p. 82.

DIVISOR, in arithmetie. See Vol.

p. 376.

DIUL, a porHowo of AGa, fituated on the Indian o·

cean, weOward of the river Indus, and fi xty mib

we!l of the eity of Taita : E. long. 67' , and N. lat.

2S·

S'.

DIVORCE, is the legal di/folotioo of 2 maniage whieh

can be obtained 2t Ihe foit of the injured parly, opon

Ihe grouods of adoltery or wilfol deCertion proved a·

gain!llhe other. See SCOTS LAW, litle 6.

DIURESIS, iD medicine, ao exeretion of urine:

whenee,

DIURETICS, in pharmacy, fueh fimples as increafe

the difeharge of urine; or whieh are fuppofed tO have

apower of removing obflruélions in the "rinary pa/fages.

DIURNAL, in aflrooomy, fomelhing relating to the

day; in oppoGtion to noélornal, whieh reguds the

nighl.

DIZIER , orSt Dlz IER, a cityof Champaign in France,

filuated on the river Marne, about forty·five miles

north·ea!l of Troyes: E. long.

5' ,

and N. lato48'

2' .

DIZOSTOS, in botany. See EUPHORBIA.

DIZZINESS, in medicine, See VERTI CO.

DO, in mufie, anole of the Italian fcale. eorrefponding

of Ihe common

~amut.

See Mu

DOI3·CHICK, in ornithology. See COL YMB UI.

DOIlLAC, a townof the T yrolefe, in Germany, fit03·

ted al Ihe foot of the Alps,

~bout

twO miles north of

the Ironliers of the !late of Vcnicc.

DOCIM.\ SIA, in Greck

aOli~oily,

a probation of Ihe

magiOratcs and perfons cmploycd in poblie bufinefs at

Athens.

was performed publidy in Ihe forum,

where Iheywereohliged

give aeeoon[ of thcmfdves

ano th, ir paO life before eeluin judges. Alllong fe·

veral qudlions propofed to thtm. we fi nd Ihe follolV·

ing. whetllcr thLY hao been dlllifo l to their parents,

had femu in the wars, and hau a eompetent LOm.

DOCK, in botany. See LA PAT HUM.

DOCK, in maritime alfairs, is a pit, great pond,

ereek, by the fide of 3n harbour,

m.de

convenicnt ei.

ther for the builJing or rep,iring of fl,ips.

DOCK-Y ,IRDS, in fhip.building, are magazines of all

fom of naval Oores. The principal ones in Englaod

are Ihofe ofChatham, Portfmollth, Plymouth, \'lool.

wich, Deptford, 20d Sheernefs. In time of peace,

fhips of war are laid op io thefe

doek~;

Ihofe of the

firll·rates mofily al Chalham, whm, and at olher

yards, they reeeive froOl time to liOle fllch repairs a.

are nece/fary. Thefe yards are generally fopplied

from the northern erowns with hemp, piteh, tar, ro.

fin,

&c.

but as for maOs, particola"y thofe of the

larger fize, they are broor,ht from New Eogland.

DOCTOR, a perfon who has pa/fed all Ihe degrees of

a faculty, and is impowered to teaeh or praélifc the

fame : thos we fay, doélor in divinity, doélor in phy.

fie, doélor of laws.

The [itle of doélor feems to have been erealed in

the XIIth eenlory, inllead of

moJI",

aod e!l.bliO,eJ

will. the other fcholallic degrees of balchelorsand li.

eenliates, by Peter Lombard and Gilbm l'orrells,

then theehief divines of the uoi,erfity of Paris. Gra.

tian did the fame thing, a[ Ihe fame lime, in the uni.

verfity of Bologna·.

DOCTOR

,he

law,

a title of honour among the :Jews.

The inve!litore, if we may fo fay, of this order IVas

performed by

~utling

a key .nd table book in Iheir

hands, whieh is IVhat fome aothorl imagine our Savi.

oor had in view, Luke xi.

52.

when fpeaking of Ihe

doélors of ·the lalV, he fays, "Wo ooto yoo, doélors

of the law, for you bal'e tucn alVay the key of know.

ledge : you entered not in yourfe/ves, and them Iha,

were entering you hind<red."

DOCTORS·COMMONS. See CO LL EGE

civilianJ .

DOCUMENT, in law, fome writlen monoment produ.

ced in proof of any thing a/ferted.

DODARTIA, in bOlany, a genos of the didynamia ano

giof?ermia clafs. The calix has five teelh; Ihe in.

ferior labium is moch lefs Ihan Ihe fuperior ; and Ihe

capfole is roondiO" and has two cells. Thcre are

twa fpeeies, none of them nali. es of liritain.

DODDER, in bOlany. See CU SCU TA.

DODECAGON, in geometry, a ' (guiar polygon coo.

G!ling of IlVelve eqoal fides and angles.

DODECAHEDRON, ingcometry, oneof Ihe platonie

bodies, or regolar folids, eonlained under twelve e.

qoal amIregular pentagons.

DODECANDRI.'\.,

th, Linn:!:an fyllem of bOlany.

See VuL!. p.63\.

0 00 0,

in ornilhology. See D'DUS .

DODON.iEA, in botany. See PTELEA.

DODRANS, in antiqoity, Ihrce fuurths of Ihe as.

See As .

DOES IlURG, a town of Ihe Uniten Nelherlands, in

Ihe provinec of Gorldl'rland, r,tualed (ln Ihe riler

H–

fd, aboOl nine miles fool h 01" ZOlphen: E. 10:lS. 6',

an.! N lal. 12°.

DOG ,

in zooll·gy. Sre CA '! S.

Doc's BAS E, io bOldny. See ArOCYN uM.